California Form 540 C1 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

The California 540 C1 form, officially known as the California Resident Income Tax Return for 2012, is a crucial document for state residents to accurately report their annual income, calculate tax dues, or claim refunds. Designed for individuals, including those filing jointly, this form guides taxpayers through exemptions, credits, and deductions applicable to their financial circumstances. To ensure compliance and potentially optimize your tax situation, it's important to fill out the form with care.

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Navigating the intricacies of the California 540 C1 form, the primary vehicle for California residents to file their state income taxes, illuminates the procedural pathway for fulfilling state tax obligations for the year 2012. This document meticulously captures a multitude of elements critical to accurately determining the taxpayer's financial liability to the state, ranging from basic identification details like names and Social Security Numbers (SSNs) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), to the nuanced calculation arenas addressing income, deductions, credits, and potential tax refunds or amounts due. It outlines specific fields for denoting the filer's status, exemptions based on age, blindness, or number of dependents, and detailed income sources including adjustments that might diverge from federal income figures. The form serves not only as a record of taxable income but also as a platform to claim various tax credits tailored to Californian taxpayers, such as the Nonrefundable Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit, alongside stipulations for direct contributions towards charitable causes directly through one's tax return. Furthermore, the document caters to distinct scenarios, encompassing provisions for joint returns, differing filing statuses compared to federal submissions, and the application of taxes or credits like those associated with mental health services. Completing Form 540 C1 is a crucial annual task for California residents, underscoring the state's fiscal framework while also accommodating taxpayers' specific financial situations, exemptions, and potential contributions to state-designated funds.

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California Resident Income Tax Return 2012

540 C1 Side 1

Fiscal year ﬁlers only: Enter month of year end: month________ year 2013.

Your ﬁrst name

Initial

Last name

Your SSN or ITIN

If joint tax return, spouse’s/RDP’s ﬁrst name

Initial

Last name

Spouse’s/RDP’s SSN or ITIN

Address (number and street, PO Box, or PMB no.)

Apt. no./Ste. no.

PBA Code

City (If you have a foreign address, see page 7.)

State

ZIP Code

Dateof Birth

 Your DOB (mm/dd/yyyy) ______/______/

___________  Spouse’s/RDP’s DOB (mm/dd/yyyy) ______/______/

___________

Prior Name

If you ﬁled your 2011 tax return under a different last name, write the last name only from the 2011 tax return.

 Taxpayer

_______________________________________________

 Spouse/RDP

_____________________________________________

Filing Status

1	 Single	4	 Head of household (with qualifying person) (see page 3)
2	 Married/RDP ﬁling jointly (see page 3)	5	 Qualifying widow(er) with dependent child. Enter year spouse/RDP died _________

3 Married/RDP ﬁling separately. Enter spouse’s/RDP’s SSN or ITIN above and full name here______________________________________

If your California ﬁling status is different from your federal ﬁling status, check the box here





6 If someone can claim you (or your spouse/RDP) as a dependent, check the box here (see page 7)	 6 

Exemptions

 For line 7, line 8, line 9, and line 10: Multiply the amount you enter in the box by the pre-printed dollar amount for that line.		Whole dollars only
7 Personal: If you checked box 1, 3, or 4 above, enter 1 in the box. If you checked box 2 or 5,	7  X $104 =
enter 2, in the box. If you checked the box on line 6, see page 7	7  X $104 =	$ _________________

8Blind: If you (or your spouse/RDP) are visually impaired, enter 1;

	if both are visually impaired, enter 2	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . .	. . . 8	 X $104	=	$ _________________
9	Senior: If you (or your spouse/RDP) are 65 or older, enter 1; if both are 65 or older, enter 2 . . .			 9	 X $104	=▐	$ _________________
10	Dependents: Do not include yourself or your spouse/RDP.

	First name	Last name		Dependent’s
	First name	Last name		relationship to you
				relationship to you

Taxable Income


	Total dependent exemptions		. . . . .	. . .  10  X $321 =▐			$ _________________
11	Exemption amount: Add line 7 through line 10. Transfer this amount to line 32 . . .		. . . . .	. . . ▐ 11			$ _________________
12	State wages from your Form(s) W-2, box 16		 12
12	State wages from your Form(s) W-2, box 16		 12			00
13	Enter federal adjusted gross income from Form 1040, line 37; 1040A, line 21; or 1040EZ, line 4				▐ 13			00
13					▐ 13			00
14	California adjustments – subtractions. Enter the amount from Schedule CA (540), line 37, column B				 14			00
15	Subtract line 14 from line 13. If less than zero, enter the result in parentheses (see page 9)				. . 15			00
16	California adjustments – additions. Enter the amount from Schedule CA (540), line 37, column C				 16			00
17	California adjusted gross income. Combine line 15 and line 16		. . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	 17			00
18	Enter the	Your California itemized deductions from Schedule CA (540), line 44; OR
	larger of:	Your California standard deduction shown below for your ﬁling status:

•฀Single or Married/RDP ﬁling separately	$3,841	{
•฀Married/RDP ﬁling jointly, Head of household, or Qualifying widow(er) . . . .	$7,682
{If the box on line 6 is checked, STOP (see page 9)			 18
{If the box on line 6 is checked, STOP (see page 9)	. . . . . . .		 18	00
19 Subtract line 18 from line 17. This is your taxable income. If less than zero, enter -0-. . . .	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . .	▐ 19	00

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Your name: __________________________________ Your SSN or ITIN: ____________________________

		31	Tax. Check the box if from:  Tax Table	 Tax Rate Schedule	 FTB 3800  FTB 3803			. .	 31
		32	Exemption credits. Enter the amount from line 11. If your federal AGI is more than $169,730 (see page 10) . .						▐	32
Tax		33	Subtract line 32 from line 31. If less than zero, enter -0-		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	▐	33
		34	Tax (see page 11). Check the box if from:	 Schedule G-1  FTB 5870A				. .	 34
		35	Add line 33 and line 34	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	▐	35
		40	Nonrefundable Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit (see page 11). Attach form FTB 3506					. .	 40
		41	New jobs credit, amount generated (see page 11)		 41
		41	New jobs credit, amount generated (see page 11)		 41		00
Credits		42	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New jobs credit, amount claimed (see page 11)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 42
Credits		43	Enter credit name▐_______________________________code number________ and amount						 43
		43						. .	 43
Special		44	Enter credit name▐_______________________________code number________ and amount					. .	 44
Special		45	To claim more than two credits (see page 12). Attach Schedule P (540)						 45
		45						. .	 45
		46	Nonrefundable renter’s credit (see page 12)	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 46
		47	Add line 40 and line 42 through line 46. These are your total credits .		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	▐	47
		48	Subtract line 47 from line 35. If less than zero, enter -0-		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	▐	48
Taxes		61	Alternative minimum tax. Attach Schedule P (540)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 61
Taxes		62	Mental Health Services Tax (see page 13) .						 62
Other		62	Mental Health Services Tax (see page 13) .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 62
Other		63	Other taxes and credit recapture (see page 13)						 63
		63	Other taxes and credit recapture (see page 13)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 63
		64	Add line 48, line 61, line 62, and line 63. This is your total tax		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 64
		71	California income tax withheld (see page 13)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 71
Payments		72	2012 CA estimated tax and other payments (see page 13)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 72
Payments		73	Real estate and other withholding (see page 13)						 73
		73	Real estate and other withholding (see page 13)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 73
		74	Excess SDI (or VPDI) withheld (see page 13)		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 74
		75	Add line 71, line 72, line 73, and line 74. These are your total payments (see page 14)					. .	▐	75
OverpaidTax/	TaxDue	91	Overpaid tax. If line 75 is more than line 64, subtract line 64 from line 75					. .	▐	91
OverpaidTax/	TaxDue	94	Tax due. If line 75 is less than line 64, subtract line 75 from line 64. .		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	▐	94
		92	Amount of line 91 you want applied to your	2013 estimated tax . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .		92
		93	Overpaid tax available this year. Subtract line 92 from line 91		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. .	 93
Use	Tax	95	Use Tax. This is not a total line (see page 14)		. . . . . .  95			00
Use	Tax	95	Use Tax. This is not a total line (see page 14)		. . . . . .  95			00

Side 2 Form 540 C1 2012

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Your name: __________________________________ Your SSN or ITIN: ____________________________

Contributions

	Code	Amount
California Seniors Special Fund (see page 23) . . .	. 400	00
Alzheimer’s Disease/Related Disorders Fund . . . .	. 401	00
California Fund for Senior Citizens	. 402	00
Rare and Endangered Species
Preservation Program	. 403	00
State Children’s Trust Fund for the Prevention
of Child Abuse	. 404	00
California Breast Cancer Research Fund	. 405	00
California Fireﬁghters’ Memorial Fund	. 406	00
Emergency Food for Families Fund	. 407	00
California Peace Ofﬁcer Memorial
Foundation Fund	. 408	00

Code

California Sea Otter Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Municipal Shelter Spay-Neuter Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . 412 California Cancer Research Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease Research Fund. . . . . . . . 414 Child Victims of Human Trafﬁcking Fund . . . . . . . . 419 California YMCA Youth and Government Fund . . . . 420 California Youth Leadership Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund . . . . . 422 State Parks Protection Fund/Parks Pass Purchase  423

Amount

110 Add code 400 through code 423. This is your total contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  110

Amount	YouOwe		Pay online – Go to ftb.ca.gov for more information.
		111	AMOUNT YOU OWE. Add line 94, line 95, and line 110 (see page 15). Do not send cash.	 111
andInterest	Penalties		. . . . . . . . . .Mail to: FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, PO BOX 942867, SACRAMENTO CA 94267-0001	 111			,
andInterest	Penalties		Interest, late return penalties, and late payment penalties
		112	Interest, late return penalties, and late payment penalties	112. . . .
		113	Underpayment of estimated tax. Check the box:  FTB 5805 attached  FTB 5805F attached	. . . . .		. .  113
		114	Total amount due (see page 17). Enclose, but do not staple, any payment		114. . . .

,. 00

Refund and Direct Deposit

115REFUND OR NO AMOUNT DUE. Subtract line 95 and line 110 from line 93 (see page 17).

Mail to: FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, PO BOX 942840, SACRAMENTO CA 94240-0001	 115					,				,							.		00
	 115																.

Fill in the information to authorize direct deposit of your refund into one or two accounts. Do not attach a voided check or a deposit slip (see page 17). Have you veriﬁed the routing and account numbers? Use whole dollars only.

All or the following amount of my refund (line 115) is authorized for direct deposit into the account shown below:

Checking

																				 Savings																																										,				,						.		00
				Routing number																 Type			 Account number																																				 116 Direct deposit amount

The remaining amount of my refund (line 115) is authorized for direct deposit into the account shown below:

Checking

																			 Savings																																										,				,						.		00
			Routing number																 Type			 Account number																																				 117 Direct deposit amount

IMPORTANT: See the instructions to ﬁnd out if you should attach a copy of your complete federal tax return.

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this tax return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete.

Sign Here

Your signature

Spouse’s/RDP’s signature

Daytime phone number (optional)

(if a joint tax return, both must sign)

(

)

Date

Your email address (optional). Enter only one email address.

It is unlawful to forge a spouse’s/RDP’s signature.

Joint tax return? (see page 17)

Paid preparer’s signature (declaration of preparer is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge)

 PTIN

Firm’s name (or yours, if self-employed)

Firm’s address

 FEIN

Do you want to allow another person to discuss this tax return with us? (see page 17) . . . . . . . . .  Yes  No

__________________________________________________________________	(	)
Print Third Party Designee’s Name	Telephone Number

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